Dinshah Irani
was born in the second half of the 19th century in Bombay, India. His
parents having migrated to Bombay from Iran to escape religious
persecution faced difficulties in settling in their new environment. Dinshah, who studied to become a very capable attorney at Law, was
instrumental in instituting community infrastructure to help new Irani
arrivals to Bombay. Besides heading the community associations he helped to
find, he was a well accomplished linguist who translated the Gathas of
Zarasthushtra into English. A well respected Zarathushtrian religion
scholar, Dinshah's writing are all very well acclaimed.